---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relative to the town clerk and town accountant in the town of Norwood"
description: "Substituted by the House, on motion of Mr. Speliotis of Danvers, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 3748). October 4, 2017."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "190th"
identifier: "H 3940"
citation: "Massachusetts H 3940 (190th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Theodore C. Speliotis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-10-04"
last_action: "2018-01-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5deba365-89bb-44c9-9af3-95262edaf5b7"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3940"
source_hash: "b62887cdbce24747f34d03249cf309514929df45e9aa3b9d5235719394093098"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
---

# Massachusetts H 3940 (190th) — An Act relative to the town clerk and town accountant in the town of Norwood

Substituted by the House, on motion of Mr. Speliotis of Danvers, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 3748). October 4, 2017.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3940.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Theodore C. Speliotis — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-10-04** Substituted for H3748
- **2017-10-04** Passed to be engrossed `passage`
- **2017-10-10** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- **2017-10-19** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-18** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- **2018-01-18** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2018-01-22** Enacted `passage`
- **2018-01-22** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2018-01-30** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 14 of the Acts of 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5deba365-89bb-44c9-9af3-95262edaf5b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).